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Nov 20 2019
News
Actor Jussie Smollett files counterclaim against Chicago, alleges malicious prosecution: 'Humiliation, mental anguish, and extreme emotional distress'
Actor Jussie Smollett filed a counterclaim— which names the alleged acts of “multiple police officers and two brothers" — against the city of Chicago on Tuesday in connection with a purported hate crime that took place in late January.
Smollett insisted he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack, but the city later determined that the alleged attack was nothing more than a hoax.
The BlazeDec 11 2020
Opinion
The ‘Trump Won’ Farce Isn’t Funny Anymore
Republicans are now seriously arguing that elections are legitimate only when their side wins.
To tell a joke to a crowd is to learn a little something about the people who laugh.
For our purposes, the “joke” is President Trump’s ongoing fight to overturn the election results and hold on to power against the wishes of most Americans, including those in enough states to equal far
New York Times (Opinion)Apr 02 2017
News
A judge rules Trump may have incited violence … and Trump again has his own mouth to blame
The courts keep taking Donald Trump both seriously and literally. And the president's word choices are proving to be a real headache.
A federal judge in Kentucky is the latest to take Trump at his word when he says something controversial. Judge David J. Hale ruled against efforts by Trump's attorneys to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters at a March
Washington PostDec 08 2020
News
Today marks an important Electoral College deadline. Here's why that's bad news for Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's long-shot bid to overturn the election could become more far-fetched after Tuesday, when states with legal fights and recounts behind them can receive assurance that Congress must accept their electors.
Tuesday marks the so-called safe harbor deadline. Federal law requires that Congress recognize the slates of electors chosen by states that have
USA TODAYDec 08 2020
News
Cruz explains why he agreed to argue Pa. election case if Supreme Court takes it up
GOP lawsuit challenges state's 2019 no-excuse mail-in voting law
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told "Hannity" Monday that he agreed to present oral arguments before the Supreme Court in a key election-related case -- should the high court take the matter up -- because the matter "raises very serious issues."
The case brought by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Pennsylvania GOP congressional
Fox News DigitalJul 28 2021
Analysis
Roe v. Wade Is Now in the Hands of the Three Trump Justices
One of the most interesting fissures that has opened up within the conservative legal movement in recent years has been between mainstream conservative lawyers and the growing performance artist faction of the lawyers for the Trump base. Soon, the conservative justices themselves will have to pick which side of the battle they are on: With the filing last week of a brief that explicitly asks
SlateNov 18 2020
Headline Roundup
Lawmakers Question Big Tech CEOs About Content Moderation Policies
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about their companies' content moderation practices during the 2020 presidential election. Republican senators questioned the tech giants about content moderation and the purported censorship of President Donald Trump and conservative voices; Democratic lawmakers focused their
New York Post (News) Reuters New York Times (News)Dec 28 2020
Headline Roundup
House Republican Sues to Allow Pence to Overturn Election
A group of Republicans led by Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert sued Vice President Mike Pence on Monday to grant Pence “sole authority” to determine which Electoral College votes are counted. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of attempts by supporters of President Donald Trump to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. As part of their lawsuit, the Republican plaintiffs are also
The Hill Mediaite Washington ExaminerOct 01 2019
News
Federal judge rules Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian Americans in undergraduate admissions, handing the school a victory in a lawsuit that marks one of the latest chapters in the affirmative action debate.
U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs rejected claims of a plaintiff that Harvard violates the law as it considers race in selecting an
Washington PostSep 29 2019
News
Democrats count on Schiff to deliver focused impeachment inquiry of Trump
It was a low point for House Democrats hoping to build a case to remove President Trump from office — a committee hearing in which former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski made his questioners look hapless with a flurry of deflections and delays.
“I heard it did not go well,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told one of her fellow leaders, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.),
Washington Post